Vulnerability in Needrestart Project
CVE-2022-30688
needrestart 0.8 through 3.5 before 3.6 is prone to local privilege escalation. Regexes to detect the Perl, Python, and Ruby interpreters are not anchored, allowing a local user to escalate privileges when needrestart tries to detect if interpreters are using old source files.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (32.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 33rd percentile — 32.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Needrestart Project
- Debian Linux — versions 9.0, 10.0, 11.0
References
- github.com/liske/needrestart/releases/tag/v3.6 (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
- github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/e6e58136e1e3c92296e2e810cb8372a5fe0dbd30 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2022/msg00105.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/17/9 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/17/9 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5137 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00024.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-30688?
- CVE-2022-30688 is a high-severity vulnerability in Needrestart Project. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-05-17.
- How severe is CVE-2022-30688?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.